Name
Paul Linke
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-05-06 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Paul Linke (born May 6, 1948) is an American actor, known for his role as Officer Artie Grossman in CHiPs, a television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Linke has worked in film and extensively in television, mostly portraying mild-mannered everyman roles.
Linke was born in New York, New York, the son of Richard O. Linke, a personal manager, producer, and partner of Andy Griffith. During the timeframe of his character on the television series CHiPs, Linke played a similar role as Sheriff Bruce Smith in the cult classic, slasher film parody Motel Hell (1980). He also appeared in the film Parenthood (1989).
His career has included appearances on many well known television series such as, The Waltons, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Knots Landing, St. Elsewhere, Quantum Leap and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
He appeared in a 1985 episode of Three's a Crowd, a short-lived television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company starring John Ritter. Linke later spoke at Ritter's memorial service.
In 2000 Linke co-wrote and directed the acclaimed stage play "Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly" with actor Charles Nelson Reilly, which was later made into the 2006 film "The Life of Reilly".
Linke met his first wife, Francesca "Chex" Draper, a musician and composer, at a party in Los Angeles in 1976. They married in 1978 and had three children together, Jasper, Ryan and Rose. When his wife died of cancer in 1986, Linke channeled his grief into writing and performing a play called Time Flies When You're Alive. First presented as a one-man show in Los Angeles and HBO drama, the work was then developed into the book Time Flies When You're Alive: A Real-Life Love Story. The very emotional work has garnered critical acclaim.
Linke later remarried Christine Healy in 1991. They have one child together, a daughter named Lily.
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- 1980 Motel Hell as Sheriff Bruce Smith
- 1987 Into the Homeland as Red Hughes
- 1999 Smart House as Tuttle
- 1977 Grand Theft Auto as Collins Hedgeworth
- 1994 Shrunken Heads as Mr. Larson
- 1970 The Baby Maker as Sam
- 1988 Shootdown as Martin Henderson
- 1992 The Fear Inside as Carl Landers
- 1998 Thirst as Governor
- 1989 Time Flies When You're Alive
- 1985 KGB: The Secret War as Frank
- 1994 Where Are My Children?
- 1989 Parenthood as George Bowman
- 1996 Every Woman's Dream as Narrator
- 1975 Three for Two as Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")
- 2007 Fallen Angels as Eli
- 1996 No One Would Tell as Rod Merredi
- 1994 Lady in Waiting as Max
- 1988 Daddy's Boys as Traveling Salesman
- 2017 The Guest House as Detective Collins
- 1983 Heart Like a Wheel as Reporter #2
- 1974 Big Bad Mama as Bank Teller
- 1990 The Dreamer of Oz as Opie (uncredited)
- 1998 CHiPs '99 as Grossman
- 1997 Killing Mr. Griffin as Coach
- 1991 Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor as Battalion Chief Powers
- 2016 An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas as Grandpop
- 2001 K-PAX as Stuart Hessler
- 1992 Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted as Dr. Sullivan
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Herb Benzig
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Eddie Mapp
- 1977 CHiPs ( 139 episodes ) as Arthur Grossman
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 1 episode )
- 1987 21 Jump Street ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Tomkins
- 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 ( 1 episode ) as Edgar
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 2 episodes ) as Principal Dick Waxwood
- 1974 Happy Days ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Tapper Shell
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Lionel
- 1992 Melrose Place ( 1 episode ) as Man at AIDS Support Group
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Dale Shawn
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Kitten vs. Newborn ( 21 episodes )
- 1990 The Flash ( 1 episode ) as Ted Preminger
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Ben Masters
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Evelyn's Husband
- 1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ( 2 episodes ) as Church Deacon
- 2000 Strong Medicine ( 1 episode ) as The Warden
- 1990 Capital News ( 1 episode ) as Raymond Chumley
- 1987 Hooperman ( 7 episodes ) as T.J.
- 1977 CHiPs ( 2 episodes ) as Officer Arthur Grossman
- 1996 Profiler ( 1 episode ) as Bobby Perkins
- 1979 Supertrain ( 1 episode ) as Waiter
